The 22 of May was the first anniversary of the military coup in Thailand. After one year, the military is still in power and showing no sign of going back to the barracks, with no justice forthcoming for victims. With the first year anniversary of the coup, the military was […]
Monthly Archives: May 2015
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As reported before, conditions and exploitation in the fashion industry are among the worst in the world (see here, here and here). While workers toil under incredible pressures and dangerous conditions, the fashion houses of the world make huge profits by selling clothes at highly inflated prices. A new documentary […]
The far right anti Islamic group Reclaim Australia that held nationwide protests in early April, has split in the process of trying to organise another round of racist rallies in mid July. The new organisation, called United Patriots Front (UFP), is organising a new rally for the 31st of May […]
As reported a number of times previously, Japanese workers continue to face increasing pressures at work such as long work hours and precarious work contracts. In a recent action, thousands of people rallied in Tokyo to protest against the government’s proposed new labour laws. Labour activists say these new laws […]
The garment and textile industry has expanded greatly in Cambodia in the last decade basing itself on cheap wages and low overheads. Over the last couple of years, garment workers have fought back strongly, organising mass demonstrations and strikes against repression and starvation wages. A recent report by Human Rights […]
On the 14th of May, a spark ignited an inferno at the Kentex footwear factory situated in Valenzuela City, on the outskirts of Manila. Due to the presence of large quantities of chemicals and cramped conditions, the fire spread quickly. Due to inadequate exits and non existent fire control systems, […]
This week, the full impact of the Burmese government repression of Rohingyas, one of its internal minority populations, was exposed to the world. Thousands of Burmese refugees have been stranded in boats in the Andaman Sea and Malaccan Straits as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia try to prevent them from landing […]
As reported previously (see here and here), there has been an upsurge in action by workers in Iran in the last 12 months as a reaction to the continuing deterioration of living standards. On May Day, seven independent labour organisations put out a joint statement denouncing the savage exploitation of […]
This week was the first anniversary of the Soma mine disaster in western Turkey where 301 workers were killed when there was a major underground explosion and fire (see images). The disaster was a result of continual cost cutting by the company that resulted in unsafe working conditions. While some […]
The 15th of May is the 67th anniversary of Al Nakba, the day in 1948 that officially marks the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their lands. Thousands of Palestinians all around the world held events to remember, to commemorate and to fight for justice for the […]